Controlling Reproduction : An American History

Tone, Andrea (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0842025758 / ISBN 13: 9780842025751

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996

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Synopsis:

Few topics stir stronger interest than birth control and abortion. Divisive opinions abound. This informative, detailed text contains 39 writings on the history of reproduction in the U.S. The historical path of reproduction control is viewed in the contexts of politics, law, medicine, sexuality, business, and social change. Because birth control has been construed chiefly as a female responsibility, Controlling Reproduction stresses the centrality of gender in the history of reproduction and explores how and why reproduction-as a biological, social, and economic function-became a gender-assigned issue. Controlling Reproduction also includes some of the most significant debates currently guiding the study of reproduction. Students will find this work a powerful, enlightening source on women's issues and the history of birth control in the United States.

About the Author: Andrea Tone, an associate professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is the author of The Business of Benevolence and the editor of Controlling Reproduction: An American History. She lives in Decatur, Georgia.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Controlling Reproduction : An American ...
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good
Edition: 2nd Edition